BONHAMS TO SELL PRESENTATION GONE WITH THE WIND SCRIPT

BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS' ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA AUCTION ON 13.DECEMBER IN LOS ANGELES WILL FEATURE A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS RELATED TO HOLLYWOOD, ROCK 'N ROLL AND ANIMATION ART, INCLUDING HATTIE MCDANIEL'S PERSONALLY-OWNED 'PRESENTATION COPY' SCRIPT FROM 'GONE WITH THE WIND'. GIFTED TO MCDANIEL BY THE MOVIE'S PRODUCE, DAVID O SELZNICK, AFTER FILMING WAS COMPLETE ON THE 1939 CLASSIC, HE INSCRIBED THE INSIDE: 'FOR MCDANIEL,/ WHO CONTRIBUTED / SO GREATLY! / WITH GRATITUDE / AND ADMIRATION, / DAVID O SELZNICK / XMAS, 1939.' ESTIMATED TO BRING $10,000 TO $15,000, THE SCRIPT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AS MCDANIEL WON A 'BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE' OSCAR FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF 'MAMMY' IN THE FILM, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE NOMINATED FOR AND TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.